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semiotic_pirate) wrote2007-07-19 08:55 am
semiotic_pirate) wrote2007-07-19 08:55 am
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Harry Potter - waiting.
Of the latest movie, OOP, I loved the girl who got picked to be Luna. I wish they hadn't cut the book down so much. The basic elements they did have were good. Though I liked the 3-D, I thought it was a bit off, people were bleeding colors like that episode of Doctor Who from the end of last season... Where he was wearing 3-D glasses, heh.
Day after tomorrow, I will be waiting outside for the UPS guy to show up. I will be tracking my package to make sure that it leaves in the early AM of the 21st and make sure I am nice and comfy out there. I'll be in my outdoor lounging chair, with drink, snack, and listening to music or something. Much as I may like the idea of a Pottermania celebration or some such... meh. Although I will make more of an effort to see the midnight viewings of the next two movies. Especially seeing as how they were able to get the cast locked into contracts to do them. They all sound enthused as well as feeling responsible for the fans and following through to the finish. Good moral response, eh?
the dust jacket to the deluxe edition - very cool
enclosed by a box with the regular U.S. edition's cover image
plus, I hear that the inside covers of the book have the wraparound image of the regular cover image. at this point I am glad that I paid the extra money for the deluxe edition.
I read CoB's photocopy spoiler yesterday. Not surprised by it at all. After all, this is a set of children's books. Bad things happen in all of these coming of age journey type series, however good always triumphs in the end because these books are set up to be examples to live by and to give younglings hope. Most, if not all, young adult books, the ones that contain more complex morals to the story, also tend to have good triumphing over evil. Again, bad things happen because the survivors gain strength of character from them, etc...
Fortunately, CoB's spoiler in no way gives away what actually happens in the book. I still have no idea HOW they got to where they got. Although two burning questions were cleared up - which I had already known/assumed.
cut for spoilerage:
Snape is a good guy.
Voldemort dies for good.
Day after tomorrow, I will be waiting outside for the UPS guy to show up. I will be tracking my package to make sure that it leaves in the early AM of the 21st and make sure I am nice and comfy out there. I'll be in my outdoor lounging chair, with drink, snack, and listening to music or something. Much as I may like the idea of a Pottermania celebration or some such... meh. Although I will make more of an effort to see the midnight viewings of the next two movies. Especially seeing as how they were able to get the cast locked into contracts to do them. They all sound enthused as well as feeling responsible for the fans and following through to the finish. Good moral response, eh?
the dust jacket to the deluxe edition - very cool
enclosed by a box with the regular U.S. edition's cover image
plus, I hear that the inside covers of the book have the wraparound image of the regular cover image. at this point I am glad that I paid the extra money for the deluxe edition.
I read CoB's photocopy spoiler yesterday. Not surprised by it at all. After all, this is a set of children's books. Bad things happen in all of these coming of age journey type series, however good always triumphs in the end because these books are set up to be examples to live by and to give younglings hope. Most, if not all, young adult books, the ones that contain more complex morals to the story, also tend to have good triumphing over evil. Again, bad things happen because the survivors gain strength of character from them, etc...
Fortunately, CoB's spoiler in no way gives away what actually happens in the book. I still have no idea HOW they got to where they got. Although two burning questions were cleared up - which I had already known/assumed.
cut for spoilerage:
Snape is a good guy.
Voldemort dies for good.